Commodities
TertiaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENS, PINCH AND SWELL
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueEpidote, Hornblende
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss · Cranberry Gneiss: Augen Gneiss And Porphyritic Gneiss (Rankin, Espenshade, And Neuman, 1972)
StructureNortheast
Tectonic settingBlue Ridge
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10026397
MRDS IDK004809
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.55508, -81.35593
References
BRYANT, B., AND REED, J. C., JR., 1966, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN WINDOW AND VICINITY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 521, 13 P.STUCKEY, J. L., 1965, NORTH CAROLINA: ITS GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES: RALEIGH, N. C., NORTH CAROLINA DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEVEL., 550 P.BAYLEY, W. S., 1923, THE MAGNETIC IRON ORES OF EAST TENNESSEE AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 29, 252 P.NITZE, H.B.C., 1893, IRON ORES OF NORTH CAROLINA: NORTH CAROLINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. NO. 1, 239 P.1923 OTHER BAYLEY, W. S., TENN. DIV. GEOL. BULL. 291965 COMPILE STUCKEY, J. L., N. C. DEPT. CONS. & DEVEL.1966 COMPILE BRYANT AND REED, GEOL. SURV. CIR. 521